One of the best of the year...

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2003)

I watch a lot of movies, so I feel I can freely comment on this flick. For starters, I also have a college education and have written several stories and a couple of screenplays myself. Am I still going to be labeled by the lap sludge from the web? Most likely. It seems the web is a great place to freely abuse someone without any risk involved, like getting your face smashed in with a ball bat, or having the oppressor gouge his thumbs into your eye sockets and push until you are dead, like Jim does in 28 Days Later...
Forget what you think this movie is. It is NOT a Zombie flick, it is definatley not a chick flick, and it's not for the weak minded, or, weak stomached at times. Danny Boyle likes his dead babies still and a few scenes look exotically realistic, like the bodies in the bed (to not spoil anyone's fun). I was stunned and shocked by this movie and it's creepy lonliness and eerieness. It's not a "jump at you" screamer, but it is a haunter, and after twenty-four hours from when the credits rolled, I'm still thinking of it.
It was brilliantly filmed. I liked the grainy fast movers for the Rage victims and the openess of the land and city around the lonely protagonist. The dialogue was non-existent, leaving the scenery and actors to move the story at is slow pace. I like things like that. There is this thing that most screenwriters, or even screenwriter wanna be's should avoid. It's a thing called exposition. That is, explaining the story. It's dull, unexciting, amateurish, and boring! This movie had very little and you felt what the main character was feeling and you thought. You actually sat there, forgot about the popcorn for a moment, and thought. "My God!" I doubt Resident Evil, which cured my insomina, or the Hulk made you think. And I doubt Dawn, Day, Night, whatever of the Living Dead made you feel for the main characters or think about their predicament.
I still feel it. And I was HAPPY at the end! I actually FELT for the characters and I felt anger towards others. I could care less about the people affected by Rage, except, how cool they looked.
5 of 5 for me.
(All views expressed in this post are MY opinions, and I speak them freely).